A soldier stands near broken windows after explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels, Belgium. Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system.

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People comfort each other after being evacuated from Brussels airport, after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels, Belgium.

People stand near Brussels airport after being evacuated following the explosions.

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A man is wounded at Brussels Airport after explosions.

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Authorities locked down the Belgian capital on Tuesday after explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system.

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Belgium raised its terror alert to its highest level, diverting arriving planes and trains and ordering people to stay where they were. Airports across Europe tightened security.

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The incident came as the Belgian capital was on a state of high alert following the arrest of Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam in the city last week.

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People react as they walk away from Brussels airport after explosions rocked the facility in Brussels

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Brussels airport said it had cancelled all flights and the complex had been evacuated and trains to the airport had been stopped. Passengers were taken to coaches from the terminal that would remove them to a secure area.

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Brussels Airport is cancelling flights and evacuating the airport area, it said on its Twitter account following two explosions at the airport on Tuesday morning.

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Explosions tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday morning, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens of others, Belgian news agency Belga and local sources have said.

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Several people were killed in the explosions that tore through the departure hall of Brussels airport on Tuesday.

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The blasts occurred four days after the arrest in Brussels of a suspected participant in November militant attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. Belgian police had been on alert for any reprisal action.

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Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe.